German Olympian Lucia Dörffel has successfully climbed the boulder problem Hazel Grace (stand start), located in Switzerland’s Gotthard Pass.
https://www.climber.co.uk/news/lucia-dorffel-repeats-hazel-grace-font-8b/
After climbing with two partners, David Göttler flew off the summit of the new 8,126-metre peak
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Access Fund is pleased to announce almost $40,000 in new climbing conservation grants to climbing advocates around the country. Our nine awardees will advance new projects in a parking lot build, road repair, a climbing advocacy summit, human waste solutions, and several large-scale stewardship ...
https://www.accessfund.org/latest-news/access-fund-announces-nine-spring-2025-climbing-conservation-grantees
Noah Wheeler continues his stellar 2025 form with the second ascent of Shaolin (Font 9A) at Red Rocks, Las Vegas.
https://www.climber.co.uk/news/noah-wheeler-gets-second-ascent-of-shaolin-font-9a/
I guess you could call it a town. It’s open three or four months per year. Driving east, hues of dark green, azure, and gold flicker along the extended cracks on the windshield. A serpentine road curves through pine forests and atop steep inclines, tracing edges of valleys, the rim of the lake. by Alexa…
https://climbingzine.com/old-lady-tuolumne-alexa-flower/
British climber Nathan Phillips made the first ascent earlier this month
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https://gripped.com/news/deep-fake-is-a-new-v16-in-ticino/
Here's a breakdown of what constitutes an onsight, flash, redpoint, pinkpoint, and headpoint in route climbing
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https://gripped.com/profiles/onsight-flash-and-redpoint-defined/